Larry J Tippit

US Patent:

8169377, May 1, 2012

Filed:

Apr 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/418757

Inventors:

Larry Jack Tippit - Arlington TX, US
Daniel Alan Beall - Allen TX, US
Julian Patrick Moore - Sachse TX, US

Assignee:

ASC Signal Corporation - Smithfield NC

International Classification:

H01Q 1/12
H01Q 3/08

US Classification:

343757, 343766

Abstract:

A pointing apparatus and method of operation for an antenna mount provided with a base frame and an antenna mount rotatably coupled together. A first wheel rigidly coupled to one of the base frame and the antenna mount driven by a mechanical linkage with a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel mounted to the base frame or the antenna mount not rigidly coupled to the first wheel. The first drive wheel and the second drive wheel driven against one another in opposite directions; a torque level unbalance applied between the first motor and the second motor operative to rotate the base frame and the antenna mount with respect to one another in a first desired direction.